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	July 1, 2003 - Central Park, New York 98^th Season of Free Concerts for the People of New York NAUMBURG ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS
	AN EVENING OF HUNGARIAN MUSIC
Conductor	GREGORY VAJDA
Violin Soloist	ANTAL SZALAI
	Photos: Gabriella Gyorffy

Program:
Antonín Dvorák: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 53
1. Allegro, ma non troppo 2. Adagio, ma non troppo 3. Finale - Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo
Leo Weiner: Carnival Humoresque (Fasching), Op. 5, Allegro viva
Zoltán Kodály: Summer Evening, Andante assai
Zoltán Kodály - Galanta Dances

Gregory Vajda, conductor, Antal Szalai, violin soloist
and the Naumburg Orchestra under the trees of Central Park

Antal Szalai with Kalman Magyar, Hungarian Cultural Center NY and
Stephen Lugosi, Mr. Szalai's and Mr. Vajda's personal manager

Antal Szalai - Violin soloist is one of the most exciting artists of his generation. Born in 1981, Budapest, Hungary, is one of the most exciting violinists of his generation. Antal Szalai has already compiled extensive experience as a soloist with major orchestras and has given recitals in some of the most prestigious venues in the world. He has already issued three recordings, “The Leo Weiner Album”, “Antal Szalai plays Bach/Kreisler/Ysaye/Petrovics” on BMC Records, and “Antal Szalai plays Leopold Auer Violin Transcriptions” on Hungaroton Records, with more planned in the near future.

Gregory Vajda - Conductor is one of Hungary's finest young conductors.
Born in 1973 in Budapest, Hungary, the son of renowned soprano Veronika Kincses, Vajda studied conducting at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. Recently, he conducted his own composition for the silent film The Crowd at the Auditorium of the Louvre. Recognized for his strength and intensity in conducting nineteenth and twentieth century repertoire, Mr. Vajda has recently been appointed as Assistant Conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

Source: naumburgconcerts.org